19th edition
October 4-13, 2024

Romanian projects selected for the Black Sea Animation Workshop
Animest, the leading Romanian animation festival, is proud to announce its partnership in organizing the 10th edition of the Black Sea Animation Works...
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Animest International Animation Film Festival The Awards of the 19th edition
ANIMEST TROPHY A Very Twisted Tale – France 2024, directed by Catherine Buffat and Jean-Luc Gréco SPECIAL MENTION FOR A SHORT FILM Beautiful Men ...
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French short film A Very Twisted Tale wins Animest.19 Trophy
Fracti, by Lavinia Petrache, wins the Romanian Competition. Both films are eligible for Oscars selection This year’s Animest edition, celebrati...
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Animest.19 Presents: Pictoplasma Showcase International leaders in character design
The brainchild of Peter Thaler and Lars Denicke, Pictoplasma was founded in 1999 to investigate possibilities and limitations of current character rep...
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Animest.19 Guest School: Middlesex University
One of our favorite traditions at the Animest International Animation Festival is having over a guest animation school and exploring ever more diverse...
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First edition of the TOON SCRIPTS competition announces winners
The animation scriptwriting contest is an Animest initiative in collaboration with PRO TV   This summer, Animest, in collaboration with PRO...
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Nature: a recurring theme among Pitch, Please! 6th edition finalists
In August, animation directors and producers in Romania and the Republic of Moldova were yet again challenged to share their ideas for potential futur...
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The Jonathan Hodgson Retrospective, post-apocalyptic worlds and international festivals winners, all at Animest.19
Over 350 short and feature films from all over the world, across 90 screenings, will soon regale participants in the Animest International Animation F...
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Fresh Frames: meet our freshest festival section
Time to introduce the newest Animest section, Fresh Frames, to debut during the first weekend of the festival, on Saturday October 5, at 5 PM, at Cine...
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Creepy Animation Night: face your fears on October 11th at 11 PM
Almost three hours of intensity, mystery and jumpscares: the 23 horror stories in this year’s Creepy Animation Night selection will spook even t...
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Warmup Animest: rediscover Bucharest on September 23-28
This year, one of the challenges we’ve set for ourselves is to explore the city and get into multiple neighborhoods in the Romanian capital. So ...
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Trippy Animation Night — Vol.11: The Night of the Uncharted Urban Labyrinth
Calling all avantgarde cinema aficionados! During the first weekend of the Animest International Animation Film Festival, on October 5, starting at 11...
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Erotica – The Night of Erotic Animation
Sold-out since the very first year it saucily sauntered into the schedule, Erotica – The Night of Erotic Animation returns on October 8, startin...
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Animusic Night: bop and bounce to animated music videos
This past year’s most spectacular animated music videos are in the running for the Animusic Night Award – to be announced during the dedicated party o...
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Legendary Japanese anime director Kōji Morimoto is coming to Animest.19
Special Guest Kōji Morimoto, known for his unique gritty yet refined style, is coming to Romania for the 19th edition of the Animest International Ani...
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Animest.19 Romanian Competition: 13 standout short films, one trophy
Innovative and stylistically complex, the Romanian Competition’s 13 contenders create a compelling tableau of contemporary local animation. A mix of p...
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Minimest returns to Animest.19 with family-friendly stories and animation workshops for kids
MI-NI-MEST is back! During the Animest International Animation Film Festival, we love offering our youngest fans entire universes to explore and u...
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GoCritic! to organize video journalism workshop at Animest.19
GoCritic! is a training program for emerging film journalists and critics. Its second round of partnership with the Animation Festival Network (AFN) c...
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Ciao, Italia! Meet the masters of Italian animation at Animest.19
Every year during the Animest International Animation Film Festival, we celebrate one of the countries whose artists have continuously set and surpass...
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SYAA 2024: Animest residency for female-identifying animators wraps fourth edition
Sisterhood of Young Animation Auteurs (SYAA) is an intensive training program/residency for emerging female animators in Central and Eastern Europe. D...
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Animation Incubator: high schoolers, time to apply!
This year, Animest is celebrating five years of the Animation Incubator – our program dedicated to the imaginative youth in Romania and the Repu...
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Animest.19 International Competition: Original productions in four unique sections
89 animations from all over the world in the Feature, Short, Student, and VR Film sections   Ready to enjoy a generous and diverse menu of...
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Animest.19 to feature films made accessible for the hearing impaired
Accessibility is part of the "Eyes and Ears" project, implemented with the support of the Orange Foundation   The 19th edition of...
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Memoir of a Snail, Academy Award Winner Adam Elliot’s latest feature film, to open Animest 19th edition
Everyone, meet Grace Pudel: hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea-pigs, a melancholic gal who never, ever gives up. Her bittersweet story will...
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Animest Festival 19th edition, October 4-13: Let’s Take Back the City
Cities. Towns. Burgs. Townships. Why do we love’em? What parts of urban life delight us to no end? What makes us feel suffocated, tired, boxed i...
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Proiecția Adolescenților la Animest.19
It’s time for young talent on the big screen! Pentru prima oară în istoria Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival...
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Canadian Short Film A Crab in the Pool Wins the Animest Trophy
A Crab in the Pool by Alexandra Myotte and Jean-Sébastien Hamel won the Animest Trophy in the 18th edition of our festival. The grand prize was...
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Animest 2023 awards
Animest Trophy  A Crab in the Pool - Canada, 2023, 11 min 11 s, dir. Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel   Special mentio...
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Sute de copii s-au bucurat de evenimentele Amzei Animat
Piața Amzei a fost animată de ateliere, proiecții de film și activități creative timp de trei weekend-uri la rând.  Copiii au participat...
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9 international experts to judge the Animest.19 competitions
The 19th edition of Animest: over 350 short and feature-length films from around the world, most competing in seven sections, two animation developmen...
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